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November 16, 1956
The Wrangell Sentinel
Wrangell, Alaska
What is this article about?
David Roy Churchill, from Wrangell, Alaska, secures a high-paying secretary job at Point Barrow with the Puget Sound and Dredge Co. after business college, earning $700 monthly plus benefits for government construction work.
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DAVID ROY CHURCHILL
DOING ALL RIGHT AT
POINT BARROW
David Roy Churchill, son of Mrs. Mary Churchill, is doing all right at Point Barrow.
Dave recently finished business college in Seattle and has been at Barrow, working for the Puget Sound and Dredge Co., for about two months. This is what his school paper recently printed about its successful graduate:
"Dave Churchill is causing quite a stir around the halls of Auerwald's these days, for he's off for Alaska—Point Barrow, no less—for the Job of the Month!
"It seems he is to have a salary of $700 a month, plus room, plus board, plus the last word in parkas when he reaches Fairbanks. All Dave needed to take along was his skill on the Stenotype and also on the typewriter—and that good-natured smile and pleasing personality. Dave has taken 200 words a minute (on practice material) on his stenotype, and typing at 70 words a minute is all in the day's work.
"He is to be secretary to the superintendent of the Puget Sound Dredge Company with local offices on Harbor Island. This company is a composite of five construction companies, and they are engaged in government construction at Point Barrow.
"Dave hails from Wrangell, Alaska, so the north country is home to him anyway.
"Good mushing, Dave, and let's hear from you."
DOING ALL RIGHT AT
POINT BARROW
David Roy Churchill, son of Mrs. Mary Churchill, is doing all right at Point Barrow.
Dave recently finished business college in Seattle and has been at Barrow, working for the Puget Sound and Dredge Co., for about two months. This is what his school paper recently printed about its successful graduate:
"Dave Churchill is causing quite a stir around the halls of Auerwald's these days, for he's off for Alaska—Point Barrow, no less—for the Job of the Month!
"It seems he is to have a salary of $700 a month, plus room, plus board, plus the last word in parkas when he reaches Fairbanks. All Dave needed to take along was his skill on the Stenotype and also on the typewriter—and that good-natured smile and pleasing personality. Dave has taken 200 words a minute (on practice material) on his stenotype, and typing at 70 words a minute is all in the day's work.
"He is to be secretary to the superintendent of the Puget Sound Dredge Company with local offices on Harbor Island. This company is a composite of five construction companies, and they are engaged in government construction at Point Barrow.
"Dave hails from Wrangell, Alaska, so the north country is home to him anyway.
"Good mushing, Dave, and let's hear from you."
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Personal Triumph
What themes does it cover?
Triumph
What keywords are associated?
Alaska Employment
Stenotype Secretary
Point Barrow Construction
What entities or persons were involved?
David Roy Churchill
Mrs. Mary Churchill
Where did it happen?
Point Barrow, Alaska
Story Details
Key Persons
David Roy Churchill
Mrs. Mary Churchill
Location
Point Barrow, Alaska
Event Date
Recently
Story Details
David Roy Churchill, after finishing business college in Seattle, has been working for two months as a secretary for the Puget Sound and Dredge Co. at Point Barrow, earning $700 a month plus accommodations, leveraging his stenotype and typing skills.